thoughts and pictures!

I love IKEA! This is going to be my home away from home this summer and I know I'll be spending a lot of time in this room!

The rest are pictures from around camp. I am really excited for all that God is doing, and will do this summer not only at camp but in other places that my heart has become attached to. I am trying to live one day at a time and to not look too far into the future, otherwise, I might miss something from the here and now.

I am so thankful that God's peace can surpass all understanding! Right now I don't know what I want or how to feel about certain things, but God's peace is still there in the midst bringing me back to reality and reminding me to trust Him and not my own feelings.

I've been reading Paul Vieira's Book Jesus Has Left the Building, and finding all the great words to our generation that are revealed in it's pages all over again. Thank you Paul, for hearing God's voice and writing a book that I feel will be life changing to those who are able to follow Jesus and His model for the church.

The quote that really got to me last night was this:

"Jesus cared for people and met their needs whether they decided to follow him or not."
-Paul V.

How often to do "christians" have an underlying motive behind their actions. Jesus loved people so much that it didn't matter to him if they would follow him or not, he loved them and served them, it was just in his nature to do, he didn't play favorites or seek out only those that might believe and follow him. He lived out a life-style that all of us as followers of Jesus should live.

I believe that God is shaking my world up, in a good way. He's opening my eyes to what's really important. PEOPLE. Relationship is the key. We were created to have a relationship with God. and our relationships with others reflect that relationship with God. That's why we crave it so much. Our generation doesn't just want words, we want love in action. We want to be love in action. The only way to do this is to meet people where they are and to love them with no motives or strings attached. Our ministry therefore is found in the very way we live our lives. To follow Jesus and the way He lived involves a big cost, but look at how He changed the world. He poured Himself into 12 disciples, and those 12 disciples went on to spread the gospel to the world. Imagine what could happen if we started to get back to that model of discipleship on a mass scale. They say one person can change the world.... and I believe that. Look at Jesus. Its really time that the church started to look like Jesus, act like Jesus, and represent Jesus to the world....